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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7402260 | Non-aqueous solvent mixture and non-aqueous electrolytic solution containing such mixture A non-aqueous mixture solvent for a non-aqueous electrolytic solution to be used for electrochemical energy devices, which contains an aprotic solvent, and a fluorinated ketone of the formula: (wherein Rf1 | 07/22/2008 |
| 7226704 | Electrolytes for lithium ion batteries Electrolytes containing lithium-bis(oxalato)borate, a cyclic carbonate, one or more compounds selected from acrylic carbonates, aliphatic esters, alicyclic ethers and aliphatic, difunctional ethers, one or more compounds selected from lactones, dinitriles, compounds... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7155959 | Nanodisk sensor and sensor array The invention provides a sensor array with different nanodisk sensors that may be fabricated by direct site-specific dip-pen nanopatterning (DPN) using precursor inks. The good flow characteristics and strong affinity of the sols to measurement electrodes enable int... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7094499 | Carbon materials metal/metal oxide nanoparticle composite and battery anode composed of the same A method of forming a composite material for use as an anode for a lithium-ion battery is disclosed. The steps include selecting a carbon material as a constituent part of the composite, chemically treating the selected carbon material to receive nanoparticles, inco... | 08/22/2006 |
| 6939647 | Non-aqueous electrolyte solutions and non-aqueous electrolyte cells comprising the same Non-aqueous electrolyte solutions capable of protecting lithium metal and lithium-inserted carbonaceous electrodes include an electrolyte salt, preferably LiPF6, and a non-aqueous electrolyte solvent mixture comprising at least one of trialkyl phosphites,... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6844115 | Highly conductive and stable nonaqueous electrolyte for lithium electrochemical cells The present invention is directed to at least partially replacing PC and/or DME with a linear carbonate, preferably dimethyl carbonate, and a linear mono-ether, the most preferred being diisopropyl ether, in electrolytes useful for activating alkali metal-containing... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6841300 | Electrolyte for a nonaqueous battery An electrolyte containing calcium bistrifluoromethanesulfonimide [Ca((CF3SO2)2N)2] for a nonaqueous battery. The calcium bistrifluoromethanesulfonimide is soluble in an organic solvent and a molten salt having a melting po... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6783888 | Control of cell swelling by the proper choice of carbon monofluoride (CFx) cathode materials in high rate defibrillator cells The minimization or elimination of swelling in lithium cells containing CFx as part of the cathode electrode and discharged under high rate applications is described. When CFx materials are synthesized from fibrous carbonaceous materials, in co... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6696202 | Electrical appliance using lithium secondary batteries A lithium secondary battery comprising a negative electrode, a positive electrode, a separator and a non-aqueous liquid electrolyte, the non-aqueous liquid electrolyte having an electrical conductivity of 0.05 mS/cm or more and no such a flash point as sp... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6645674 | Ether derivative additive in nonaqueous electrolyte of a lithium secondary battery The present invention provides a lithium secondary battery comprising a cathode electrode containing a lithium complex oxide; an anode electrode containing metal lithium or its alloy, or carbon material; and a nonaqueous organic electrolyte containing a n... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6645670 | Efficient cell stack for cells with double current collectors sandwich cathodes The present invention improves the performance of lithium electrochemical cells by providing a new electrode assembly based on a sandwich cathode design, but termed a double screen sandwich cathode electrode design. In particular, the present invention us... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6599664 | Inorganic gel-polymer electrolyte An anhydrous inorganic gel-polymer electrolyte is prepared using a non-aqueous sol-gel process. The inorganic gel-polymer is prepared by reacting a metal halide (SiCl4) and an alcohol (tert-butyl alcohol) in a diluent solution containing a lith... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6444360 | Electrochemical cell activated with a nonaqueous electrolyte having a sulfate additive An alkali metal, solid cathode, non-aqueous electrochemical cell capable of delivering high current pulses, rapidly recovering its open circuit voltage and having high current capacity, is described. The stated benefits are realized by the addition of at ... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6265106 | Alkali metal electrochemical cell activated with a nonaqueous electrolyte having a sulfate additive An alkali metal, solid cathode, non-aqueous electrochemical cell capable of delivering high current pulses, rapidly recovering its open circuit voltage and having high current capacity, is described. The stated benefits are realized by the addition of at ... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6218054 | Dioxolane and dimethoxyethane electrolyte solvent system An electrolyte solvent system for use in electrochemical cells in which the electrolyte solvent system consists essentially of a dioxolane-based solvent and a dimethoxyethane-based solvent in a weight ratio of about 1:3. Also disclosed are electrolyte sol... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6210835 | Lithium secondary battery and liquid electrolyte for the battery A lithium secondary battery comprising a negative electrode, a positive electrode, a separator and a non-aqueous liquid electrolyte, the non-aqueous liquid electrolyte having an electrical conductivity of 0.05 mS/cm or more and no such a flash point as sp... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6203949 | Solid electrolyte for an electrochemical cell composed of an inorganic metal oxide network encapsulating a liquid electrolyte A solid polymer electrolyte for an electrochemical cell is prepared by a sol-gel process in which an active metal ion conducting liquid electrolyte, e.g. a lithium-ion electrolyte, containing a salt which is stable in the presence of water, e.g. lithium ... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6180283 | Method for reducing voltage delay in an alkali metal electrochemical cell activated with a nonaqueous electrolyte having a sulfate additive An alkali metal, solid cathode, nonaqueous electrochemical cell capable of delivering high current pulses, rapidly recovering its open circuit voltage and having high current capacity, is described. The stated benefits are realized by the addition of at l... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6117591 | Hydrogen fluoride additive for nonaqueous electrolyte in alkali metal electrochemical cells An alkali metal, solid cathode, nonaqueous electrochemical cell capable of delivering high current pulses, rapidly recovering its open circuit voltage and having high current capacity, is described. The stated benefits are realized by the addition of hydr... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6063526 | Dicarbonate additives for nonaqueous electrolyte in alkali metal electrochemical cells An alkali metal, solid cathode, nonaqueous electrochemical cell capable of delivering high current pulses, rapidly recovering its open circuit voltage and having high current capacity, is described. The stated benefits are realized by the addition of at l... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6017656 | Electrolyte for electrochemical cells having cathodes containing silver vanadium oxide An electrochemical cell containing a cathode comprising silver vanadium oxide and an anode comprising lithium is disclosed that includes an improved electrolyte composition having the solvents propylene carbonate and 1,2-dimethoxyethane, and an additional... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5969936 | Electric double layer capacitor and electrolyte therefor An electric double layer capacitor including electrodes made of carbon material as the main component, and an electrolyte capable of forming an electric double layer at the interface with the electrodes, wherein the electrolyte includes an organic type mi... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5916708 | Fluorine-containing solvents for lithium batteries having increased safety The safety of secondary lithium cells is remarkedly enhanced when partially fluorinated ethers of the formulae RO--(CH2)m O!n --CF2 --CFH--X (I) and/or X--CFH--CF2 O--(CH2)m O!... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5773165 | Nonaqueous electrolytic secondary cell A nonaqueous electrolytic secondary cell has an anode of an active material represented by Lix MO2 (M represents a material selected from the group consisting of Ni, Co, Fe, Mn, V, and Mo), an anode of a carbon material which can be ... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5569561 | Primary or secondary electrochemical generator having a nanoparticulate electrode A high capacity primary or secondary electrochemical generator in which at least one electrode (4,5) is composed of nanocrystalline particles of an electrically active material, said particles being electrically connected together, either by sintering a c... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5272022 | Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery having an enhanced capacity and a long charge/discharge cycle life is disclosed. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprises a positive electrode housed in a case and containing a chalcogen compound as... | 12/21/1993 |
| 4560630 | Rechargeable lithium cell having an electrolyte comprising 4-butyrolactone in dimethoxyethane A rechargeable lithium cell is provided comprising a lithium anode, a litm intercalating cathode, and an electrolyte comprising a solution of a lithium salt such as LiAsF6 or LiAlCl4 in 24.4 mass percent 4-butyrolactone (4-BL) in di... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4416960 | Li/TiS2 Current producing system An improved electrolyte for an Li/TiS2 current producing system, such as a battery, features at least one lithium solute of the general formula LiXFa, where X is selected from a group consisting of B, P, Sb, and As, and wherein a is ... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4374910 | Electrolyte for secondary electrochemical cell An electrolyte solution consisting essentially of 2-methoxyethanol in an amount of at least about 0.5% by weight of a solution of 2-methyltetrahydrofuran and a lithium salt is used as an electrolyte in a secondary electrochemical cell wherein the active m... | 02/22/1983 |
| 4293623 | Electrolytes for alkali-metal electrochemical devices An electrolyte for an alkali metal electrochemical device features (a) an organic solvent; and (b) at least one electrolytically active alkali-metal complex anion salt. The salt has the formula: wherein Z is an alkali-metal; wherein M is an element selected fr... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4284692 | Compositions for stabilizing electrolytes in Li/TiS2 systems A current producing Li/TiS2 electrochemical cell is featured which has a cyclic ether-containing electrolyte, and an inhibitor against the polymerization of the cyclic ether by TiS2, which cyclic ether otherwise polymerizes in the pr... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4279976 | Pseudohalide-containing salts for electrolytes of alkali-metal electrochemical devices A class of electrolytes for alkali-metal electro-chemical devices is featured, which contains at least one complex anion salt in an organic solvent. The complex anion salt has the general formula: wherein Z is an alkali metal; wherein M is B, P, As, and Al; wh... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4264690 | Grid for a lithium electrode in a lithium organic electrolyte cell containing dioxolane A grid consisting of an electronically conducting base material coated with a metal which can alloy with lithium is used in a lithium organic electrolyte cell containing dioxolane as at least one component of the electrolyte. The alloy will retard a react... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4195122 | Additive for high drain rate lithium cells An improved high drain rate lithium cell is provided. The improvement is the use of an additive to stabilize the cell. The additive is a minor portion of alkali metal hexafluorophosphate.... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4136233 | Chalcogenide battery A battery comprising an anode having an anode-active metal selected from the group consisting of Group Ia metals, Group Ib metals, Group IIa metals, Group IIb metals, Group IIIa metals and mixtures thereof. The cathode has a cathode-active material consis... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4118550 | Aprotic solvent electrolytes and batteries using same The invention comprises using selected alkylated analogs of tetrahydrofuran and tetrahydropyran as solvents for electrolytes in batteries having alkali metal negative electrodes.... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4052539 | Electrochemical cell with a grahite intercalation compound cathode A battery is disclosed having a nonaqueous electrolyte, an alkali metal anode and a cathode comprising a compound of grahite formed by reacting graphite with ClF3 and a Lewis acid fluoride of an element selected from B, Si, Ge, Sn, Pb, P, As, S... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4009052 | Chalcogenide battery A battery is provided in which the anode contains as the anode-active material a metal selected from the group consisting of Group Ia metals, Group Ib metals, Group IIa metals, Group IIb metals, Group IIIa metals and Group IVa metals (lithium is preferred... | 02/22/1977 |
| 3990915 | Primary cell for electric batteries In an electrochemical cell utilizing an alkali metal anode and a non-aqueous electrolyte there is provided a novel cathode formed by reacting a crystaline form of carbon, such as graphite, with an interhalogen fluoride in the presence of hydrogen fluoride... | 11/09/1976 |